Restaurants Eggslut, The Ark to shut Hong Kong outlets amid retail upheaval
[South China Morning Post] - 02/5/2025
Burger joint The Ark is closing its Russell Street outlet later this week and plans to relocate to Shenzhen to follow the shift in spending patterns.
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Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra in China, with trade, railway, scam farms on the table
Thailand, a long-time US ally, is also a crucial regional partner for Beijing in light of its fierce rivalry with (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
China’s antitrust probe into Google seen as warning shot to the US with Android as target
While the immediate impact is limited, China could escalate its actions depending on how its negotiations with the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Zhao Lusi shines needed light on China’s treatment of mental health
By speaking out, the actress can help break the culture of silence around mental health and help others rethink (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
China’s cross-border merchants mull price hikes to offset US tariffs, shipping fees
Chinese merchants face fresh challenges after new US tariffs and the removal of de minimus exemptions.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Saudi Arabia rejects Israel’s push for ties without Palestinian state
Riyadh’s rejection came swiftly after Israel’s PM said establishing formal relations ‘is not only feasible, I think (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Alibaba’s updated Qwen AI model overtakes DeepSeek’s V3 in chatbot ranking
Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen2.5-Max comes in seventh on Chatbot Arena, beating out DeepSeek-V3 in ninth place, but trailing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
India PM Modi’s BJP seeks to oust anti-corruption party in state polls
The BJP is up against the AAP, which runs New Delhi and has built a vast support base on its welfare policies and an (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Guatemala strikes deal with Rubio to accept migrants deported from US
Under the ‘safe third country’ agreement, the deportees would then be sent back to their home countries at US expense.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
US Postal Service reverses decision to suspend taking parcels from Hong Kong, mainland China
The service will continue to accept low-value duty-free imports, after saying it was stopping deliveries in line (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Russia’s close ties with North Korea and Iran represent diverging goals
Key differences in comprehensive strategic partnership treaties with Pyongyang and Tehran give insight into Moscow’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Battle of the bots: China, US scrap for top of the humanoid heap
China, fuelled by recent successes from DeepSeek and Unitree, is making a play for pole position in humanoid robots. (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025